Adjusted For Inflation, PlayStation 4 And Xbox One Reasonably Priced

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are not cheap consoles, but compared to the history of video game console prices, the two are both priced reasonably.

Ars Technica has put together an easy to read chart looking at console prices through the decades in order to create an understandable comparison to next-generation hardware. Consoles like the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis are priced about the same as Microsoft and Sony's new consoles when you consider the worth of the dollar back in the late eighties/early nineties. Considering inflation, the two consoles cost about $342 and $357 respectively.

You can also see the breakdown of console price drops through the decades and how everything stands up against one another. Ars Technica has a full rundown of interesting statistics and graphs.

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I don't see my wages adjusted for inflation, interesting. If only I had a job where I could pass a law -or better yet an amendment - that guarantees me a wage adjusted for the cost of living every single year. That way I can live without fear of inflation and arbitrarily pass measures that control the economy and peoples lives. Oh well, I guess I should stop day dreaming...

Just to point out... even adjusted for inflation, most of those consoles on the chart were under 450.00. So even by that standard, the Xbone is higher than the norm. And the PS3 was just crazy. Most (all?) of the consoles that sold for more than that (adjusted for inflation 450.00) barrier didn't faire well and were considered failures compared to the competition. The exception being Atari because it didn't have any real competition.

i love seeing data like this. in one of the recent issues of the magazine, there was something similar which showed that the original NES was extremely high priced for the time. i was young enough that i didn't remember the initial price, so it was interesting to see it in a comparative analysis.

How did my parents ever afford my game systems? Thanks mom and dad. I owe them an Xbox One-I know it's more expensive but they love tv stuff and motion control games. Skype will be nice too. Oh and I have to get my stepdad to play The Witcher 3. His inner fantasy nerd will rejoice. This will be a fun year for gamers and their folks and/or their own kids:)

I still don't really see the big deal with the consoles' prices. The XOne is just what we all expected, and the PS4 is a bit cheaper. I wasn't really surprised by either price announcement. I think with all the features and everything, both the consoles have a great amount of value for what you pay. The PS3 was outrageously expensive, and it did pretty much nothing but play games and watch Blu-Ray at launch. It still sold, albeit not very well, in the beginning.